Hello from Northampton
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:10 am
Hello everyone, I've been pointed at this site by the gerryd on the Dormobile owners club. I'm liking it! Some of you are visitors to that site, and I appologise for posting the same pictures here, but this is my new pride and joy, a 1974 series III 6 pot. I bought it from Ray at Rockingham Land Rovers where it has sat in the hedge for 10 years. Great bloke with a cracking collection of Land Rovers and especially Land Rover campers. He's got a lovely SWB series I with a pop top roof that makes a surprisingly roomy conversion and a huge Perentie - which I'd never heard of before but certainly looked the part.
Anyhow I've started cleaning up some of the roof bits and taken out all the seats to start freeing up the hinges and removing the large amount of rust. I'm in two minds what to do with the rest of it. I want to get mobile before our kids get too old to want to come with us, so the easiest option would to be to get a good station wagon and swap all the Dormy bits over. I'd go for a series II (I’ve had a few and much prefer the look of them) and a more economical engine.
Or I'd re chassis the series III and keep it as original as possible. There are a lot of purists out there who would prefer this route but I ‘ help thinking it will take longer and be more expensive.
Or I'd use my 3 door series II (soft top, good chassis but poor engine) which would probably be the cheapest option but still take a long time.
I don’t think there is a right answer, but I'd be interested in anyone’s opinion.
It's good to see there are so many enthusiasts out there!
thanks for reading
Toby
Anyhow I've started cleaning up some of the roof bits and taken out all the seats to start freeing up the hinges and removing the large amount of rust. I'm in two minds what to do with the rest of it. I want to get mobile before our kids get too old to want to come with us, so the easiest option would to be to get a good station wagon and swap all the Dormy bits over. I'd go for a series II (I’ve had a few and much prefer the look of them) and a more economical engine.
Or I'd re chassis the series III and keep it as original as possible. There are a lot of purists out there who would prefer this route but I ‘ help thinking it will take longer and be more expensive.
Or I'd use my 3 door series II (soft top, good chassis but poor engine) which would probably be the cheapest option but still take a long time.
I don’t think there is a right answer, but I'd be interested in anyone’s opinion.
It's good to see there are so many enthusiasts out there!
thanks for reading
Toby